Human Rights

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This is specifically for any Global Human Right council activity or events.

2018

2018-06-19 Under the first Trump administration the U.S. withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council. Secretary Pompeo called the council “a poor defender of human rights”, accused it of allowing authoritarian government in its membership, claimed unfair election processes, and claimed bias against Israel. The UN representative at the time Nikki Haley also made her remarks.

https://geneva.usmission.gov/2018/06/21/remarks-on-the-un-human-rights-council/

2024

2024-12-16 A Human Rights Watch report examined the use of family-separation as a deterrent and cited that 1,360 children remained separated from their parents six years later.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/12/16/us-lasting-harm-family-separation-border

2026

2026-04-21 Amnesty International’s annual Global Human Rights report described the leaders of Israel, Russia, and the United States as “voracious predators” pursuing economic and political domination, citing the Iran war, genocide, violence in Lebanon, and the Gaza conflict

https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol10/0320/2026/en/

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/21/headlines/amnesty_international_blasts_predatory_world_order_of_netanyahu_putin_and_trump

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/20/predators-amnesty-slams-netanyahu-putin-trump-as-human-rights-decline

2026-07-28 The US walked out of a UN Security Council meeting in protest after French ambassador remarks blasting the US for voting against extending Volker Turk’s term for high commissioner of human rights. After the vote France ONU Geneve wrote, “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/28/diplomats-un-walkout-france-human-rights-trump-record

https://time.com/article/2026/07/28/us-walks-out-protest-france-united-nations-address-europe-rift/

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/29/headlines/us_walks_out_of_unsc_meeting_during_french_ambassadors_remarks

https://thehill.com/policy/international/5993955-us-diplomats-unsc-walkout/

https://x.com/FranceONUGeneve/status/2081064968586232263

2026 August

2026-08-12 ICE announced plans to purchase $20M on electric-shock gloves manufactured by Compliant Technologies LLC.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/12/trump-administration-plans-to-give-ice-officers-electric-shock-gloves

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/ice-electric-shock-gloves

2026-08-12 After Columbia authorized joint military operations with the US against armed Columbia groups Hegseth stated, “I strongly encourage every AC3 member to leave the ICC and reject their attempts to rob your governments and your courts of your sovereignty. I know as a solider I swore an oath to the Constitution, not some fake and illegitimate international court”.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-defense-secretary-urges-latin-american-nations-to-leave-international-criminal-court/4025811

https://en.yenisafak.com/world/us-defense-chief-urges-latin-american-allies-to-quit-icc-3721850

2026-08-19 Israel’s far-right minister Ben-Gvir demanded a “kill quota” in Gaza, stating, “I think targeted assassinations should be carried out in Gaza, taking down 30 to 40 every night, not just those who pose an immediate threat. There are people there who are not worthy of life. They shouldn’t live. They’re not even people”.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/18/headlines/israels_far_right_minister_itamar_ben_gvir_demands_kill_quota_in_gaza

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-ben-gvir-gaza-netanyahu-kill-every-night/

https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/israels-ben-gvir-advocates-killing-30-40-people-135687845

https://www.commondreams.org/news/ben-gvir-gaza-killing

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/not-even-people-ben-gvir-calls-for-killing-30-40-palestinians-every-night-in-gaza/

https://www.elconstitucional.es/en/international/netanyahu-government-hardens-repression-in-gaza-suggests-killing-30-or-40-palestinians-every-night_7151_102.html

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/529125/Ben-Gvir-says-Palestinian-detainees-should-be-hanged-one-by

2026-08-21 In response to a post about Greek Minister of Immigration calling to shoot migrants, sink boats, and deny food or water, Elon Musk responded with a slang approval “Based”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2_QyP16PUI&list=WL&index=4&t=14s

https://www.facebook.com/GreeceHighDefinition/posts/elon-musks-based-response-to-controversial-remarks-by-greek-migration-ministeron/1645439133702564/

2026 September

2026-09-01 Right wing representative Michele Bachmen claimed that the main problem in Gaza today is that refugees are getting too fat,” Their calorie count is over 3,000 calories per person a day from all the food that’s coming in and the biggest problem they’re dealing with most recently in Gaza is obesity”.

THE VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl8b8JhkV_w&list=WL&index=2

https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/michele-bachmann-says-biggest-problem-gaza-today-obesity-too-much-food

https://crooksandliars.com/2026/09/crazy-michelle-bachman-problem-gaza-too

2026-09-02 Ben Gvir posted, then deleted, a propaganda campaign of an AI generated animation showing him denying food to Palestinian prisoners and then forcing prisoners onto a conveyor belt into a concentration camp.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/ben-gvir-deletes-ai-video-showing-emaciated-palestinian-prisoners-after-backlash

https://en.royanews.tv/news/73187/Ben-Gvir-posts-then-deletes-AI-video-celebrating-starvation-of-Palestinian-detainees

https://news.antiwar.com/2026/08/31/israels-ben-gvir-posts-ai-video-depicting-starving-palestinian-prisoners/

https://www.firstpost.com/videos/general-news-videos/israels-ben-gvir-shows-video-palestinians-put-in-ai-concentration-camp-firstpost-america–vd2115118/amp/

TIMESTAMP 5:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc-3K5eTI6w&list=WL&index=10&t=10s

2026-09-07 Detainees continued to face involuntary intubation and force-feeding.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/cuban-hunger-striker-ice-force-feeding

HAPPENED IN 2019 AS WELL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ice-force-feeding-detainees-on-hunger-strike

2026-09-14 The Israel human rights group B’Tselem published a report called The Elimination Project, condemning Israel for intentionally “eliminating” Palestinians.

https://www.haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-09-14/ty-article/.premium/btselem-israel-running-elimination-project-against-west-bank-palestinians/000001a0-a11c-de76-a1f7-bb5c377a0000

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/14/israel-pursuing-elimination-project-of-palestinians-in-the-occupied-west-bank-ngo-b-tselem-says_6757493_4.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/sep/14/israel-palestinian-living-conditions-eliminated-west-bank-human-rights-report

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/14/how-israel-systematically-dismantles-palestinian-life-in-occupied-west-bank

2026-09-15 Palestinian rights attorney Noura Erakat was arrested in Florida for speaking out against Israel bonds at a town hall.

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/human-rights-lawyer-arrested-in-palm-beach-over-1b-israel-bond-protest-40585573/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/noura-erakat-palestinian-arrested-florida

https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-cair-fl-internationalist-law-center-condemn-arrest-of-human-rights-lawyer-noura-erakat-at-a-palm-beach-county-hearing-for-speaking-against-israel-bonds/

2026-09-16 The State Department announced it would deny visas for ALL Palestinians, including officials from organizations and UN attendees.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6096022-trump-denies-plo-pa-visas/

https://apnews.com/article/palestinians-gaza-war-trump-un-visas-2ab54a7b420dd7fc5aea068d883b5cee